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CHARLES H. ELLIS JR. served as mayor of Camden NJ from 1905 through 1922. He was born in Camden on April 22, 1862. His grandfather was Samuel Ellis, the first City Clerk of Camden, who also published the first newspaper to appear in Camden. His father was a successful grocer, who had come to Camden around 1862 and established a grocery store at 5th and Berkeley Street. The family lived at 510 Berkeley Street in the 1870s through the 1890s. Charles H. Ellis married Emma Taylor, daughter of another Camden grocer, in 1885. He appears in the city directories from 1887 through 1891 as a clerk, living at 931 South 5th Street. In March of 1891 he succeeded his father in the grocery business. In 1890 he was elected to the Board of Education, and served there until his election in the mid 1890s the City Council. Charles H. Ellis was made President of City Council after serving for one year. At the time, he was the youngest man ever having filled that post. Sadly, Emma Taylor Ellis died in October of 1897 at the age of 32, leaving Charles Ellis to raise his four children, Ella, Frank, Laura, and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Ellis, alone. He later remarried. Charles H. Ellis also served, prior to his election as Mayor in 1905, as Revenue Collector for the City of Camden. A Republican, he recaptured the Mayor's office for his party, succeeding Joseph A. Nowrey as mayor. A popular Mayor, Charles Ellis was re-elected in 1908, 1911, 1914, 1917, and 1920. He left office mid-term, in 1922, to take the position of Postmaster for the city of Camden. During his time in office countless civic improvements were made, many of which have lasted into the resent century. Camden High School was built during his tenure, the public playground system was inaugurated, and the park system greatly expanded. The Fire Department switched from horse-drawn apparatus to fire trucks, and the Police Department acquired patrol cars and motorcycles during these years. As the city grew, the importance of its Streets Department grew with it, and Mayor Ellis appointed Alfred L. Sayres to the head that department. Sayres would serve until 1923. Later in his career, Mayor Ellis would guide the city through the trials and tribulations of World War I. Perhaps the greatest challenge he faced during his time in office was the influenza epidemic of 1918, a worldwide health crisis of proportions theretofore never seen. At the time of the 1920 census, Charles Ellis is shown as living with his wife Hattie and son Frank M. Ellis at 913 S. 5th Street in South Camden. His neighbors included Fire Chief George B. Wade, stationary store owner Charles Devaull, and City Clerk William D. Brown, who lived at at 920 S. 5th Street. Daughter Laura Ellis Miller passed in 1924, and was buried at Harleigh Cemetery in Camden. After leaving the Mayor's Office in 1922, Charles H. Ellis served as the Postmaster in Camden through 1934, when he retired shortly after the May elections. President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Democratic activist Emma Hyland to the position. By 1929 and at the time of the April 1930 Federal Census, he was living at 915 S. 5th Street, with his wife Hattie, daughter Elizabeth Watson and her husband Byron, an auto mechanic for the U.S. Postal Service. Charles H. Ellis had been a political ally of David Baird Sr., and he was loyal to David Baird Jr. during the struggle for control of the Republican party in Camden in the 1930s. Charles H. Ellis was a member of several fraternal organizations, including Trimble Lodge, No. 117 Free and Accepted Masons, the Improved Order of Red Men, the Odd Fellows, and the Junior Order of American Mechanics in Camden. Charles Ellis passed away in 1940, and was buried at Harleigh Cemetery in Camden NJ, near his wife and daughter. Daughter Elizabeth and son-in-law Byron Watson survived into the early 1970s, and are also buried there. |
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POLICE
TO PROBE $200,000 KAIGHN AVE. FIRE FIRE CAPTAIN MAY DIE, FOUR OTHERS INJURED; DAMAGE IS $200,000 Economy Store and Other Buildings Near Broadway Swept by Flames Early This Morning- Falling Debris Carries Men Through Roof And Into Cellar- Sleeping Inmates of Apartments Roused and Invalid Carried to Safety- Mayor Sees Rescues Mayor Ellis has ordered an investigation to determine the cause of the $2000,000 fire which swept the properties at 427 and 429 Kaighn Avenue and caused injury to five firemen, one of whom may be fatally hurt. The fire centered about the property occupied by the Economy Store, formerly Handle’s, and quickly spread to four adjoining buildings. The fireman whose recovery is despaired of is Captain Martin B. Carrigan, of Engine Company No. 2, Fifth and Arch Streets. Carrigan, who lives at 618 West Street, is suffering from a fractured skull and severe burns and cuts of the face, legs, and body. He is unconscious at Cooper Hospital. The firemen were injured when a wall, weakened by the intense heat, crumbled and crashed through a roof upon which they were standing, dragging them through the floor below, and into a cellar. Sensational rescues followed as police, firemen, and citizens with bare hands tore at the hot debris. The men were quickly extricated and carried to the street. “We certainly shall investigate this fire,” the Mayor declared today. “Just what was the cause and who is to blame has not been determined but there will be a thorough investigation.” “There have been too many of these fires during the past few weeks” continued the mayor. “Surely all of them did not just happen and I am sure there has been someone responsible in one or two of the fires.” The conflagration was one of the most spectacular of a series of large fires that have visited the city in the past six weeks. The block in which it occurred- Kaighn Avenue between Broadway and Fourth Street is one of the most prominent business squares in Camden. Flames shot 200 feet in the air, giving the sky a fiery hue and attracted attention for miles before the firemen brought it under control. The flame-lit sky was clearly seen in Philadelphia, Merchantville, East Camden, Gloucester and other communities. More than a score of families living in the vicinity were forced to flee from their homes in scant attire when the fire threatened them. They were cared for by neighbors. Fireman George Boone, 46 years old, of Engine Company No. 2, also is in a serious condition. He is suffering from burns of the right hand, right thigh and foot and probable internal injuries. Boone lives at 607 Mount Vernon Street. The other injured foremen are: John Voll, 22 years old, 509 Royden Street: both hands badly burned. C.J. Andrus, aged 31 years, 570 Mount Vernon Street: burns of hands and legs. Harold Lorang, 29 years old, 19 Hudson Street: burns of right hand and legs and sprained ankle. Firemen Prove Heroes Carrigan and Boone are in the hospital. The other firemen were discharged after their wounds were dressed. After being released from the hospital they returned to the scene of the fire and insisted upon continuing their duties. Chief Peter B. Carter, however, ordered them home. Most of the loss was suffered by the Economy Store. A few charred walls remain of the large building. The interior was completely gutted. It was estimated today that the damage to that property will total $60,000 At least $50,000 damage, it was said, was done to the stock. Morris Handle, local theatrical man, who owns the building, declared today that the property was insured for $30,000. “My loss will be quite heavy,” said Mr. Handle. “The insurance will not pay one-half the property damage.” The adjoining building at 431 Kaighn Avenue is occupied by Dr. S.I. Yubas, optometrist, and L.R. Yubas, his father, a jeweler. Invalid is Rescued The rear and upper floors of the Yubas property were gutted and the stock sustained a heavy loss, due to water and smoke. The damage will total $40,000, Mr. Yubas estimated today. Five
persons who were asleep on the upper floors of the Yubas dwelling had
narrow escapes. They were awakened by Samuel Goldstein, haberdasher,
417 Kaighn
Avenue,
who discovered the fire in the Economy Store and turned in the alarm.
Mrs. L.R. Yubas, an invalid, was rescued with difficulty. The
property occupied by Mrs. Sadie Bodner, a widow, at 433 Kaighn
Avenue,
as a house furnishings store, was scorched and also damaged by water
and smoke. Adjoining the Economy Store on the west at 425 Kaighn Avenue is a vacant one-story structure, formerly occupy by the United Beef Company. Firemen were on the roof of that building when the west wall of the Economy Store collapsed. The wall tumbled down on the small roof and hurled the firemen through a hole in the roof, through the floor and then into the cellar. Several Stores Damaged Three policemen, Joseph Sparks, Thomas Cheeseman, and George Hill- and several spectators braved the fire and smoke to rescue the trapped firemen. The property at 423 Kaighn Avenue, occupied by the Charles Jamison Department Store, was damaged in the rear and the stock ruined by water and smoke. The Kresge Five-and-Ten-Cent Store, at 519-531 Kaighn Avenue, was also damaged by water. Louis
Richelson, who owns the properties from 519 to 525 Kaighn
Avenue,
was unable to estimate his loss today. Collapse
of Wall Hundreds
of spectators, who were watching the fire from the opposite side of
the street, shuddered as they saw a brick wall, weakened by the
intense heat, totter and sway. Before the firemen on the smaller roof
below could scurry to safety, it collapsed. A
groan escaped the crowd as they heard the cries of the entrapped
firemen and the deafening thud of the brocks as they landed on the
roof where the firemen were at work. As
the full weight of the brocks struck the roof, it caved in forming a
gaping hole. The firemen were literally swept into the opening. The
bricks tumbled down, causing another hole in the floor between the
firs story and the cellar and dragging the imperiled firemen into the
cellar with them. Mayor Charles H. Ellis was among the spectators who witnessed the collapse of the wall. Other officials were Chief James H. Long, of the Water Department; Fire Chief Carter, Assistant Police Chief Edward S. Hyde, Captain Lewis Stehr of the Second Police District, and Street Commissioner Alfred L. Sayers. Firemen Under Debris Observing
the peril of the trapped firemen, Policemen Sparks, Cheeseman and
Hill, together with a dozen other spectators, rushed across the street
to the vacant store. They rushed through the smoke and fire, leaped
into the cellar and 5reached the struggling firemen. Sparks,
the first to leap into the cellar, reached Voll, who had been pinned
beneath a pile of debris and was pleading to be rescued. The policeman
feverishly extricated Voll from his precarious position and carried
him out into the street to safety. Policeman
Cheeseman had accidentally fallen into the cellar and, though himself
injured, groped about in the dark until he found Boone, whom he
dragged outside. Policeman
Hill carried Carrigan out of the cellar in his arms. The
five firemen were carried to a waiting police ambulance and rushed to
Cooper Hospital. Carrigan
was unconscious. He haws a slim fighting
chance to recover. Carrigan was promoted to a captaincy the first of the year. He is popular among his comrades and has the reputation of being a fearless fireman. Mayor Praises Firemen Mayor Ellis praised the work of the firemen and the bravery of the policemen who had risked their lives to effect the rescue. “Never did I see such remarkable work” said the Mayor. “When I arrived at the scene, it looked as if the whole block was doomed. The flames were shooting upward and the whole sky seemed lit up. The firemen tackled their job with dispatch and courage. I was proud of them. They knew their business and showed it by confining it to a comparatively small area. The work of the police also was commendable. Mr. Goldstein discovered the fire shortly before midnight. “I had just left my home at 417 Kaighn Avenue,” explained Mr. Goldstein, “intending to get a soda. As I passed the Economy Store I noticed strong odor of smoke. I peered into the glass doorway of the store. I immediately saw the place was afire.” Rescues Sleeping Family “Then I ran back to my store” continued Mr. Goldstein, “and I telephoned police headquarters. I went out again and returned to the scene. I remembered that the Yubas family were asleep on the second and third floors and rapped on the doors. Mr. Yubas came down in a bathrobe. He was not aware of the fire.” The six persons asleep in the Yubas home were Dr. Yubas, Mr. And Mrs. L.R. Yubas, Bernard Helfand, Miss Bertha Cuden and Anna Recowitz, a domestic. Mrs. Yubas, who is recovering from an illness, was too weak to make her way outside through the smoke. Assisted by her husband, Policemen Becker and Cheeseman and Constable John Cunningham, Mrs. Yubas was half carried downstairs, and out through the rear of the building to safety. Blaze Had Big Start “The fire had gained such rapid headway,” said Sergeant Thomas Cunningham, “that when the firemen arrived, smoke was actually issuing from cracks in the sidewalks and between the cobbles near the trolley tracks.” The second and third floors of 419 to 423 Kaighn Avenue are occupied by private families as apartments. In the rear were number of frame dwellings. More than a score of families were obliged to leave their homes in scant attire when the firemen began playing hose upon their properties as a precaution against the fire spreading. Mrs. Catherine Fox, 410 Sycamore Street, and Mrs. E. Chambers, 412 Sycamore Street, whose homes are in the rear of the Economy Store property, had removed part of the furniture to the street. Even after firemen assured them the danger of their homes catching on fire was over, the women and children could hardly be persuaded to return. Crumbling walls and cracking of glass hampered the foremen in their work and made their task hazardous. The firemen were further handicapped by the big start the fire had gained. Despite this, they stuck dangerously close to the flames. To play hose upon the fire to advantage, several firemen scaled the outside walls of adjoining properties and reached cornices, from which they directed streams of water. High Wind Fanned Flames A high wind gave them great difficulty. A number of times, when the firemen seemed to have the fire under control, the flames burst out afresh and compelled them to retreat. Then the reflection would light up the sky overhead. Water Chief Long gave the firemen great service in maintaining the water at a high pressure to ensure facility in getting the streams to play upon the flames. Kaighn Avenue, between Broadway and Fourth Street, was literally alive with residents and passers-by attracted by the flames. Included among the spectators were scores of persons who came from Philadelphia and distant points, in the belief the blaze was much more serious. According to the estimate of the loss made today, the insurance on the property and stock damaged by the fore will not pay for one-half the loss sustained. Chief Carter was determined to take no chances with the fire because of the high wind and the fire was attacked on all sides. While firemen were fighting the flames from Kaighn Avenue several companies of firemen had worked their way into the yard in the rear, from whence they played streams of hose. An effort is being made today to determine the origin of the blaze. Thomas Shannon, Engine Company 6, was a spectator when the wall crashed in. Hearing the cries of the buried men, he immediately dashed into the dirt. Six men, including Harry Seeley, formed a human chain and pulled four of the men from the heap of rubbish. Someone had the presence of min to turn off the nozzle of a hose, which was playing directly o the mound. When found, the water was trickling through to the pinned men. |
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SPANISH WAR VETERANS INSTALL 1928 OFFICERS Mayor
Price was among the speakers last night at the annual installation
of officers of General John A Mather Camp, No. 39, United Spanish
War Veterans, held at 114th Regiment Armory, Haddon
Avenue and Mickle Street. Other
speakers were Colonel George
L. Selby, in charge of the permanent registration bureau,
Senator Clifford R. Powell, Burlington County, and Postmaster Charles
H. Ellis. Mayor
Price said plans will be made for the erection of an All-Wars
Memorial building, similar to that in Atlantic City. Officers installed were: Robert Riley, commander; Harry Rose, senior vice commander; Harry Todd, junior vice commander; Edward Bearint, adjutant; John J. Doyle, quartermaster; John Buel, guard; Lenny B. Orr, chaplain; Edward Daves, instructor; Edward Phifer, color bearer; PO.C. McCormack and Frank Tomlin, trustees; John Pierce, sergeant major. |
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Italian Women Republicans Stage Second Annual Ball Prominent Republicans gathered last night at the First Italian Republican League hall, 813 South Fourth Street, for the second annual ball of the Camden County Italian Women's Republican Club. The grand march was led by Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Mecca, followed by Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Laviano, Mr. and Mrs. Cascini, Mrs. Mamie Piraine, president of the club, with Anthony Di Marino, and Mrs. Anna Larusso with Harry Larusso. Mrs. Mecca was chairman of the ball, assisted by Mrs. Laviano, secretary; Mrs. John Gargano, treasurer; Mrs. Frank Valeriano and Miss Mary Lario. In addition to Mrs. Piraine, officers of the club are Mrs. Larusso, secretary; Mrs. Margaret Viggiano, secretary; Mrs. Josephine Tamru, financial secretary, and Mrs. Madeline Salvatore, treasurer. Among the guests were Walter S. Keown, chairman of the Republican county committee; Assemblymen Frank M. Traveline, Jr., and George D. Rothermel, Postmaster Charles H. Ellis, County Detective Fiore Troncone, Miss Marie Doyle and Mrs. Pauline Caperoon, of Republican headquarters, and Walter Sekula, candidate for freeholder from the Eighth Ward. |
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FRANK
TRUAX
DIES; POLICE
SERGEANT Police Sergeant Frank Truax of the Second Police District died at last night in Cooper Hospital of a complication of diseases. He was 50 and resided at 1129 Kenwood Avenue. Sergeant Truax was admitted to the institution at 8:55 PM. Five minutes later he was dead. He
was considered one of the most efficient officers of the police department
by his superiors, and his death was a shock to his friends and
acquaintances.
He had been a member of the police department since April 12, 1917, having been appointed by former Mayor Charles H. Ellis. After 13 years of "pounding a beat" he was promoted to sergeant on April 9, 1930, by former Director of Public Safety David S. Rhone. Shortly
after dinner last night, Sergeant Truax
complained of feeling ill. He had been in ill health for the past few
weeks. His wife, Mrs. Linda Truax summoned Dr. H. G. Stimus and Dr. Rhone. They ordered him removed to the hospital at once. Besides
his wife, Sergeant Truax
is survived by a sister, Mrs. Viola Wilkinson of
701
Royden Street. Funeral
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DICKINSON TO GET HOLLOWAY'S PLACE The Board of Freeholders will appoint Thomas Dickinson Jr. as acting custodian of the courthouse and the city hall-courthouse annex at its meeting this afternoon. Mrs. Elizabeth C. Verga will be appointed to a new term of five years on the Board for the Supervision of Old Age Relief, of which she has been secretary-treasurer for one year. The post carries no salary. Dr. Leslie H. Ewing, director of the freeholders, revealed the pending appointments. In the case of the custodianship, his announcement came as rumors spread that one of the bigger politicians would be named to the job left vacant since the death of Edward Holloway, the incumbent, last month. "Dickinson, who was assistant to Holloway, will be named acting custodian to serve tor the balance of the year," Dr. Ewing said. "The freeholders will make the appointment tomorrow." Prior to Dr. Ewing's announcement, rumors circulated at the city hall and courthouse mentioning postmaster Charles H. Ellis, City Commissioner Clay W. Reesman, Assembly- man F. Stanley Bleakly and former Sheriff Walter T. Gross among possibilities for the custodianship, which pays $2520 a year under the general county cut of 30 percent. Reports that the aforementioned were candidates for the job could not be confirmed, and in certain quar ters they were considered without foundation, mainly because the pay would be smaller in most instances than what those mentioned all possible candidates are now receiving in their other posts. Other possibilities mentioned include Robert Brennan, First Ward Republican county committeeman, and Freeholders William P. Cotter and C. Leonard Brehm. Brennan had been employed for some time at the city hall and courthouse in maintenance of the building. Dickinson also is reported to be a candidate for the custodianship. Acting custodian Dickinson will continue at the same salary he has been receiving as assistant, Dr. Ewing said. The director added that the freeholders may consider the custodianship vacancy again early next year, but whether the post will be filled is problematical because of the economic situation in the county. |
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Wiley Mission to Hold Colorful International Service Tonight An evangelistic "League of Nations" will be held in Camden to night. The international gathering will take place in the old mail sorting room of the former federal building at Third and Arch streets, and will be sponsored by Wiley Mission. Speakers and singers of ten nationalities will participate in the program arranged by C. Harold Lowden, organist, composed and music publisher, for the "All-Nations Revue" to be presented as part of the "indoor camp meetings" now in progress at the mission. The nationalities will include German, Italian, Scotch, Greek, Chinese, African, Ukrainian, Polish, Slav and English. Some of the singers will appear in native costumes, and hymns will be sung in several languages. Brief addresses will be made by representatives of the various countries. Program To Be Broadcast The program will he broadcast by WCAM over the new radio equipment installed in the mission yesterday. Rev. John S. Hackett, superintendent of the mission, and pastor of Wiley M. E. Church, last night said arrangements had been completed for broadcasting portions of the "indoor camp meetings" on Monday and Friday nights. Mrs. Amy Ungrae, known as "Amy of Chinatown," started the broadcasting service yesterday at the all-day meeting held in the mission. She spoke on "Faith." Mrs. Ungrae will speak each afternoon at the mission during the "indoor camp meetings." Arthur N. Morris, paper box manufacturer of Philadelphia, who spoke Tuesday night, spoke at the meeting last night. Morris teacher of the Wanamaker Bible class of Bethany Presbyterian Church, one of the largest men's Bible classes in Philadelphia. He was accompanied by a delegation from the Bible class. Hackett Preaches Sunday Tomorrow night's program will be in charge of a delegation from the Philadelphia Highway Mission and Jail Workers. Rev. Hackett will preach Sunday night on "Open Sunday. vs. the Workingman." The program for next week includes a "Welcome Back" night for postal workers of Camden, when they will be honored in the room where they handled thousands of letters daily before the federal offices were moved. Postmaster Charles Ellis has been invited to speak, and several quartets composed of clerks and carriers will sing. The oldest clerk and the oldest carrier will be honored. Donald Redding, musical director of Bethany Presbyterian Church, and Bernard Poland, member of the National Male Quartet, are leading in the singing at the "camp meetings." Lowden is chief instrumentalist. |
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N.R.A.
DRIVE HERE OPENS
TOMORROW;
COMMITTEE NAMED The personnel of the National Recovery Act campaign committee for Camden city and county was announced yesterday by Chairman Clinton L. Bardo. The
committee members and their assignments follow: James
V. Moran, department stores; Leonard R. Baker, department stores; S.
Lester, retail stores; Francis
B. Wallen, miscellaneous business; A. D. Ambruster, banks; Clinton L.
Bardo, shipbuilding; A. C. Held, industry; J.
W. Burnison, industry; Harry A. Kelleher, industry; Warren
Webster, Jr., industry; William H. Chew, Sr., printing; J.
Alex Crothers, maritime
interest.; Carl R. Evered, real
estate and building trades; Fred T. Gates, chain stores; B. H. Hudson,
transportation; Harry C. Stevenson, public utilities; Watson Shallcross,
automotive; Elwood S. Thompson, insurance of all types; Robert C. Perina,
all professional lines, and J. David
Stern, publicity. Meet
Friday Afternoon The
committee will hold its first organization meeting tomorrow afternoon in
the offices of the Camden County Chamber of Commerce in Broadway-Stevens
Building. A plan of action will be mapped out at this session, Chairman Bardo said. Meanwhile,
Postmaster Charles H. Ellis
and his staff at Camden post office were still able to supply the
"Blue Eagle" Insignia in limited numbers white waiting for an
additional 1500 copies
from Washington. Several hundred Insignias were obtained yesterday from
the Philadelphia post office, Ellis disclosed, to meet the demand of
Camden employers, but this supply was quickly exhausted when 190
additional employers signed the
blanket code, raising the total N.R.A. employers in this area to 1749.
One
hundred and sixty-eight shoemakers of Camden, Burlington and Gloucester
counties have prepared a code to be forwarded to Brigadier General Hugh S.
Johnson, National Recovery Administrator in Washington immediately. The
shoemakers who are organized under the name of the Shoe Rebuilders of
Camden, Burlington and Gloucester counties, also entered into, a
"gentleman's agreement" as to operating hours. Under
the agreement, the stores will be opened from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. on
Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and from 8
a.m.
to 9 p. m. on Fridays and
Saturdays. Under
provisions of the adopted code, no shoe repair shop owner shall employ his
labor for more than 48
hours per week, no repair shop
shall remain open less than 52 hours each week and no shops will be opened
on Sundays or legal holidays, The
code also sets up a list of minimum wages. Under
its provisions, manager or journeymen would receive $25 a week; bench men
would be paid $21 a week;
finishers would get $18 a
week and unskilled apprentices would be paid $12 weekly. A
list of minimum prices are included in the code. Among
local firms signing the
President's agreement yesterday are
the Prudential
Life Insurance Company, with 30
employees in its Camden office; the American Oil Company, 30 local
employees; the Hajoca Corporation, 15, and the
Sinclair Refining Company; 12. It was announced by C. R. Moore, manager of the Household Finance Corporation, 130 North Broadway, that the concern had signed the President's agreement and already placed it in effect. |
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